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Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61581

The exposure stage of a skull-base operation, in which a surgeon opens a path through the face and the front floor of the skull so that a growth can be reached. It is a wide exposure that can include removing the contents of the eye socket and part of the upper jaw, and it stops short of removing the growth itself, which is a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Facial Approach To The Front Skull Base cost?

$14,161

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,161 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,913 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$8,913$5,888 to $13,183
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,162 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $18,197Professionalmedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $16,596
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,248professional $8,913

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$18,197.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$18,197.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $14,161 · 8th of 50
ME $30,463MD $3,612

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.